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"a motivated person flies without wings, an unmotivated person, wings weigh."MotivatedRate it:

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same old same oldA familiar, uninteresting, or tedious situation, activity, narrative, or set of facts.Rate it:

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third personA form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.Rate it:

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reasonable personA fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."Rate it:

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reasonable personUsed other than as an idiom: see reasonable, person.Rate it:

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person upTo show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".Rate it:

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person of sizeA person who is significantly overweight.Rate it:

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ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)to solicit the vote or favour of some one.Rate it:

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anyone can make art, but not all art makes a person an artist.ArtistRate it:

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forgiveness is awarded posthumously after a person is dead.During life, a person may be subjected to criticism for what others deem "a wrong turn or deed". At funerals and cemeteries, the mood turns to grief and forgiveness.Rate it:

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give a person lineto allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the lineRate it:

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in personactually presentRate it:

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morning personA person whose who wakes up without difficulty early each morning and who is alert and active during the first part of the day.Rate it:

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night personA person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.Rate it:

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people personSomeone who is happier or more skilled at dealing with people rather than things or concepts.Rate it:

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the smartest, clearer person probably has no friendshumility is a virtue!Rate it:

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third personThe words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.Rate it:

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third personSomeone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.Rate it:

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third personthe form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.Rate it:

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third personUsed other than as an idiom: see third, person.Rate it:

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to give a person lineTo allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.Rate it:

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any old thinganything at allRate it:

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chip off the old blockSomeone who takes after their parent.Rate it:

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for old times' sakeAn appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.Rate it:

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old as a fossilvery oldRate it:

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old college tryA vigorous, committed attempt or effort.Rate it:

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old enough to voteold, decrepit.Rate it:

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same old storyWhat usually happens, a happening which is not surprising.Rate it:

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You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:

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old stickA man, chap, fellow, guy.Rate it:

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old schoolCharacteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.Rate it:

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old saltA seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner.Rate it:

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old hatSomething uninteresting, hackneyed, or passé due to overuse or long-standing familiarity..Rate it:

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an old fuddy, duddyOne Whom Remains Stilted, Unwilling to React in an Up To The Moment Attitude; Dwells in the Past. Rejects modern approaches.Rate it:

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the old woman is plucking her gooseIt is snowing.Rate it:

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I am twenty years oldAlternative form of I'm twenty years oldRate it:

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for old time's sakeAlternative form of for old times' sakeRate it:

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good old boyA friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.Rate it:

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I am ... year(s) oldAlternative form of I'm... year oldRate it:

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play old harryBlenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..Rate it:

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a load of old codswallopA load of rubbish. Completely untrue.Rate it:

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any oldAny, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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any oldUsed other than as an idiom: see any, old.Rate it:

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any old nook or crannyAlternative form of any nook or cranny.Rate it:

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bad old daysthe past, seen as a time when things were worse.Rate it:

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big oldEmphatically or impressively big; really big.Rate it:

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Chip Off the Old BlockA child who shares the same looks, abilities and characteristics as of his parentsRate it:

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dirty old manAn adult male - usually middle-aged or elderly - who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner.Rate it:

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every old nook and crannyAlternative form of every nook and cranny.Rate it:

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for old times' sakesAlternative form of for old times' sake.Rate it:

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